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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1975
Page
24
AP Wirephoto shows a workman carefully balancing on the steel framework of Willard's Whizzer, a roller coaster under construction at Great America amusement park in Gurnee Illinois, about 45 miles north of Chicago. The park is not yet complete and is slated to open in 1976.
A woman in downtown Seattle faced gusting winds this week while carrying a stack of cardboard boxes on a rain swept day. She battled the weather as shoppers and commuters maneuvered around slick sidewalks and drifting rain.
San Jose advertising man Gary Dahl created the pet rock as a gag that exploded in sales. About 60 000 rocks have been sold with a boxed package and care manual explaining that rocks need no training and can be taught to sit play dead or roll over. The manual even suggests using the rock to attack a mugger.
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